![]() ![]() In 1987, Pickwick released 'ABBA The Hits', & it sold very & it would easily have been ABBA's 10th UK No.1 Hit, hadĪlso, it is not true that ABBA were not popular after 1982. It was No.1 for 4 Weeks, & it sold around 823,000, in the Top 5 Hit, until they dueted on that Benny & Bjorn Song. Neither Elaine Paige, nor Barbara Dickson, had, had a UK 'I Know Him So Well', in 1985, it would have been a small Some people say that even if ABBA had returned with I'm pretty sure that ABBA could have made a comeback,Īfter their poor 1982 - just as Queen did.ABBA chose They remained big during the rest of the 1980's. That New Romanticsīut, Queen returned, in 1984, & were bigger than inġ982 - a No.2 Album, No.2, No.3, & No.6 Singles, & If Queen had split up at the end of 1982, some of theirįans would now say that they did the right thing, & that Queen's 1982 'Hot Space' Album stalled at No.4. At least ABBA's 'The Visitors' Album got to No.1. Queen's 3 Singles that Year Peaked at No.25, No.17, & Wanted ABBA anymore, & so on, & so on.īut - Queen had an even worse 1982 than ABBA. That New Romantics were the 'New Thing', & no-one Now a lot of people say that it was best that they called itĪ day, as thSingles did so badly, in the UK. So, ABBA then split up, & never tried to come back. Where it stayed for no less than 4 Weeks. It sounded half finished to me - notĮnough work on the instrumental backing, or the vocals.Īnd a Chorus that tried - and failed - to be as catchy as I heard 'Under Attack', I knew that one also lacked the That it is excellent, & wish that it could one day be a UK Topĭecember saw ABBA's 3rd Single of 1982, & the minute Is one of ABBA's best Singles.I now understand it, can see However, now I realise that 'The Day Before You Came' ![]() High as No.19 in the 'Record Business' Chart, which usedĪ different sample of UK shops, than Gallup. I knew that it was not going to be a big UK Hit, & I was Preferred the 'B' Side - 'Cassandra' - which was much Them actually liked 'The Day Before You Came'. The many ABBA Fans that I knew in 1982, only one of Hits, & they suddenly released a one paced, slow, long,ĭepressing Single, that did not have a Chorus at all. Here wasĪ Group, who had become huge due to catchy, sing-a-long The time, I really did not understand that Single. I was not going off ABBA, & I still loved them. Single of 1982 was released - 'The Day Before You Came'. Then there was a long gap until October, & the 2nd ABBA (Although 'Head Over Heels' was a Top 5 Hit in aįew Countries in Europe - The Netherlands & Belgium). Other ABBA Fans - that 'Head Over Heels' was the wrongĬhoice. UK/European follow-up to 'One Of Us', & I felt - as did many ![]() I had hoped that 'When All Is Said & Done' would be the Side, but then they changed their minds & just let 'Head Over Re-issued it, with its 'B' Side - 'The Visitors' - as the new 'A' One of their biggest UK Hits, but I was shocked when it got Trying to be as catchy as 'Mamma Mia' etc, but the chorus However, in 1982, they released 3 Singles in a row that I I'd not only buy their Singles for myself, but also for relatives In the 1970's & 1980's I was such a huge ABBA Fan that ![]()
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